WAU Festivals Topic Term 1 P4/5
Within this unit, children will have the opportunity to explore their experiences of
celebrations at home, with friends, in school and in the community. The aims of
this thematic unit are:
 Become aware of their own strengths, abilities, qualities and achievements;
 Be aware of their own and others’ cultural heritage, traditions and
celebrations.
 Appreciate the importance of taking time to celebrate together;
 Appreciate some similarities and differences between people and places;
 Engage in a variety of active learning strategies.
Thinking Skills & Personal
Capabilities
• Have experiences with all the
senses;
• Enjoy the unexpected, unusual and
surprising;
• Listen to and share ideas and
experiences;
• Generate as many ideas and
options as possible, building and
combining ideas.
There will also be opportunities for
children to develop the skills of:
Managing Information,
Working with Others,
Thinking, Problem-Solving, Decision
Making and Self-Management
Using ICT
 Use the laptops and IPads to research
all the different festivals we will be
studying.
 Watch national geographic website to
watch videos on the festivals.
 Use power-point to create a slideshow
all about their knowledge on festivals.
 Create new report movies on the IPads
about particular festivals.
The Arts
 Enjoying and appreciating the food and costumes
used in celebrations in their own and other
cultures;
 Participating in dramatic activity and sharing
ideas with others;
 Using creative design skills to create pieces of art
related to various celebrations;
Literacy:
• Expressing themselves creatively and
communicating confidently using a variety of skills.
• Telling their own stories about celebrations based
on personal experiences and imagination;
• Writing for a variety of purposes and audiences,
for example writing a speech about their school.
PDMU:
 Study festivals that are
celebrated in Ireland, the UK
and internationally;
 be aware of the diversity of
celebrations around the
world.
 Reflect on important days in
the day and how faith
members celebrate them.
 Talk about what they find
interesting or puzzling about
the ways that people
worship.
 Share views on the
importance of different
faiths.